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NCSG’s associate director Dr. Nick Finio was quoted in a recent article from the Baltimore Banner, “Report: ‘Creeping segregation’ in Columbia, originally envisioned as model of racial integration.”

From the article: “The report, published last week by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, called for leaders to make the community a more affordable place to live ‘so that Columbia really can once again be an example for the entire country in diversity and opportunity.'”

Speaking about income and racial segregation, Finio said a similar trend is taking place across central Maryland and in other parts of the country, in part due to a failure to integrate housing types within suburban communities.

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The Epidemic Urbanism Initiative (EUI) issued a call for submissions to the 2023 EUI Design Competition, with the theme of Adaptive Reuse: Design Transformations for Community Healthcare. 

Design interventions into pre-existing sites play a critical role in global healthcare. The 2023 Epidemic Urbanism Initiative Design Competition will focus on adaptive reuse, inviting submissions that consider how pre-existing vacant, underused, or currently used sites, structures, and spaces can be transformed into healthcare settings with thoughtful, sustainable design interventions.

Upcoming key dates:

• Deadline for inquiries: April 30, 2023
• Deadline for submissions: May 30, 2023

For full details, including submission categories, requirements, and winner prizes, please visit the 2023 EUI Design Competition website. For questions, please email epidemicurbanism@gmail.com.

This competition is sponsored by NCSG; architecture firms CRGA, Cuningham, GRIMM+PARKER; and is presented in partnership with the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA).